Despite recent rumors,Halo Infinitewill not feature four-player split-screen co-op in its campaign. While there was much that leftHalofans wanting from the game’s gameplay reveal at Xbox Games Showcase,343 Industries has promisedit will bring back a feature thatHalo 5Âsorely needed: 2-person split-screen co-op. While this doesn’t fix all of the concerns that fan seem to have with the gameplay demo, it is a solid step in winning over fans.Immediately following theXbox Games Showcase, various members of the gaming press sat down with some of the minds behind Master Chief’s upcoming outing. During this circuit of interviews, one of the elephants in the room was that of split-screen, which was missing from the previousHaloÂgame. Up until then, it was standard that everyÂHaloÂcampaign would feature two-player split-screen co-op, and much like Microsoft’s messaging about Xbox Series X exclusives, the messaging confused many.Through a series of misunderstandings, someHaloÂfans thought that the game would be a series first and feature four-player split-screen co-op. Jerry Hook, the head of design at 343, took to Twitter to dispel any rumors and clarify what co-op would look like inHalo Infinite’sÂcampaign.
Hook makes clear that in no uncertain terms,Halo Infinitewould feature split-screen co-op multiplayer for no more than two players and four players online. How 343 will implement two players, let alone four in a game that seems to feature open level design remains to be seen. TheÂHaloÂstudio has also promised to reveal more about the game in the months up to release, and considering they haven’t released a single frame, let alone many concretedetails about the game’s other modes, we’re sure to learn InfiniteÂrelatively soon.
Speaking ofÂHalo Infinitemultiplayer rumors, we finally got confirmation that the early reports of the game ‘launching without multiplayer Day 1’were an outright lie.
Halo Infinitecurrently has no set release date, but expect it to launch Day 1 on Xbox Series X (alongside PC and Xbox One) in Holiday 2020. If you’ve been holding off on the series, or are planning on jumping into the ecosystem for the first time, feel free to grabÂHalo: The Master Chief CollectionÂphysicallyon Amazon to help support DualShockers.
